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Biodiversity, the next challenge for financial institutions ? A scoping study to assess exposure of financial institutions to biodiversity business risks and identifying options for business opportunities

… 38 Table 12. Summary of direct and indirect markets for ecosystem services and potential for growth 43 Table 13. … Conservation Union JI Joint Implementation MA Millennium Ecosystem Assessment MIGA Multilateral Investment Guarantee … Russia’s far Southeast Sakhalin, a South-eastern Russian island, is home to the world’s biggest liquefied natural gas …
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Security considerations in the planning and management of transboundary conservation areas

… that this effort has to include both large-scale ecosystem-wide approaches, and much smaller-scale focused … complexity of co-operation in their management. The “ecosystem approach”2 seeks to address the fundamental cause … isolation has resulted in the disruption of large-scale ecosystem processes such as migration or nutrient cycling, …
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Change : Adaptation of water resources management to climate change

… is a 5 year action programme to demonstrate that ecosystem- based management and stakeholder participation … to take a system’s approach, emphasizing the role of ecosystem goods and services. Maintaining and strengthening … In much of Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Small Island States these capacities are considered to be low. 1 …
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Biodiversity management in the cement and aggregates sector: Regulatory tools.

… methodology that can be used worldwide in any habitat or ecosystem; allow information to be collated internally as … features (e.g. karst caves) or a habitat with an important ecosystem function for the surrounding landscape (streams, … biodiversity. Context Factor: Habitat Context Factor Ecosystem services: Diverse benefits that hu- man societies …
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Engaging people in sustainability

… economy are dependent on a healthy environment to provide ecosystem services. In an attempt to assess progress towards … Oxford. 22 Prescott, Allen R. (2002) Wellbeing of Nations. Island Press, New York. 23 Prescott, Allen R. (2002) Wellbeing of Nations. Island Press, New York: p. 2. 24 Tilbury, D. (2003) ‘Emerging …
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Sustainable tourism management in the transboundary areas of the Dinaric Arc region: Manual for planning, development and monitoring of tourism in the protected areas of the Dinaric Arc

… radice del Turismo Sostenibile – Marco Cestari. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005). Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Synthesis. Island Press, Washington, DC. … (e.g. subscribed members) receive preferential treatment. ecosystem services: Ecosystem services are the benefits …
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A Global Register of Competences for Protected Area Practitioners

… the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values. The definition is … Back cover photo: Protected area field work on Maria Minor Island, Saint Lucia (Jenny Daltry/FFI). Available from: IUCN … guide to working with people. Washington, DC: Island Press. A practical handbook specifically aimed at the …
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Guidance: Rapid Cultural Inventories for Wetlands

… (Los ecosistemas y el bienestar humano: una síntesis). Island Press, Washington DC. 3 definición de las … titulada “Guidelines for the Rapid Assessment of Cultural Ecosystem Services” (Guía para la evaluación rápida de los … H (2015). Guidelines for the Rapid Assessment of Cultural Ecosystem Services (Guía para la evaluación rápida de los …
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Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… and sustainable consumption and production, and improved ecosystem resilience to support cleaner and more sustainable … especially to women, children and vulnerable groups, ecosystem health and future generations require a preventive … and streams. It is thus important to use river basin or ecosystem approaches to control and manage pollution flows as …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Assessing environmental impacts - A global review of legislation

… a legal requirement in many countries, and the concept of ecosystem services can help in assessing these; however, … Environmental Impact Assessment: Guidelines for Pacific Island Countries and Territories. Apia, Samoa, 2016. 97. … environmental impact assessment: guidelines for Pacific Island countries and territories” (2016) The publication is …
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